Elk Garden Co. v. T. W. Thayer Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Virginia
Action of ejectment by the Elk Garden Company against the T. W. Thayer Company. On demurrer to declaration for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
McDOWELL, District Judge.
This is an action of ejectment brought originally in this court to recover a tract of land lying in this district. The plaintiff is a New Jersey corporation, and the defendant is a New York corporation. In accordance with the state statute the declaration and notice were served in this district on an agent of the defendant who had been designated by the defendant under the state law as its agent for the service of process. The defendant appears specially for the purpose, and demurs to the declaration for want of jurisdiction.
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2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Railroad Company v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
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